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42-97574

Delivered Denver 26/12/43; Long Beach 29/12/43; 1SAG Langley 29/1/44; Assigned 482BG (H2X) Alconbury 9/2/44; transferred 422BS/305BG [JJ-A] Chelveston 20/3/44; 423BS/306BG Thurleigh 2/8/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 21/11/44 with Edwin Schoenbachler, Co-pilot: Marvin Traver, Navigator: Matt Radnofsky, Bombardier: Doug McKnight, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Moore, Radio Operator: Nobert Lynch, Ball turret gunner: Sam Pugliese, Waist gunner: Bill Martin,Tail gunner: Hastings Key, Mickey op-Lt George Hauck; (10 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Osnabruck; Missing Air Crew Report 10414. CASA DE UMBRIAGO.

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Units served with

Official insignia of the 306th Bomb Group, approved 6 January 1943, and updated 2 October 1951.

306th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

The insignia of the 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group.

423rd Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert E DeMille

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: O-741973
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

George C Hauck

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
Role/Job: Mickey Operator, Pathfinder Operator

Hastings S Key

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18058352
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Norbert A Lynch

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 15108258
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator

William E Martin

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 306th Bomb Group 423rd Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 14155934
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
Role/Job: Radio Operator / Waist Gunner

Places

Aerial photograph of Alconbury airfield, looking east. The technical site is at the top, the bomb dump is on the left, 9 May 1944. Photograph taken by 13th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group USAAF, sortie number US/7GR/LOC334. English Heritage (USAAF Photography).

Alconbury

Site type: Airfield

Ground crews of 305th Bomb Group B-17 Flying Fortresses wait for their aircraft to return to Chelveston airbase after a raid on the 30 June 1943; a B-17 Flying Fortress is coming in to land. Passed for publication 30 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'At A Fortress Station In Britain. From an American base in Britain the Flying Fortresses carry out operational activities which result in terrible blows against the German industrial war machine. This series of pictures shows scenes at a Flying Fortresse

Chelveston

Site type: Airfield

A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'

Thurleigh

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Bedford

Events

Event

Location

Date

Description

Other

Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany

21 November 1944

Revisions

Date27 Sep 2014 18:41:14

ContributorAAM

Changes

Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 10414 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database